<p>I want to take the World History SAT. I just finished an Honors World History course (A- for the year). However, the problem is that my history course really focused mainly on European history (fall of Rome in 476 to Vienna in 1815). There was a brief look at pre-history, African cultures, the Silk Road, and the Byzantines & Slavs - however, it truly was "brief." After looking at Kaplan tests and the official SAT studyguide, I realize that the SAT encompasses far past 1815 and the boundaries of Europe.</p>
<p>AP World is not offered at my school, so unfortunately that isn't an option. And, AP Euro is a senior course, so that isn't an option right now. I am just wondering if I were to review information from the Kaplan SAT prep book and fill in the gaps - will that be sufficient for the SAT subject test? Any other advice is also appreciated.</p>
<p>Well, I took the World History test right after 10th grade, and did pretty well. I had taken AP World though, which I think really helped because I didn't have to study for the test at all - just took one practice test.
But, of course, if taking the class isn't an option then there are definitely other ways to do well. My APWorld class also had a European focus, though I recommend studying China - that's a big part of the test. I recommend buying one or two SAT World prep books - I usually go with Princeton Review and Barrons, and studying them thoroughly. The nice thing about the subject test is that it's more fact-based and straight forward, while the AP test is quite tricky as there is a lot of analysis and compare/contrast.
So -- study the books, take some practice tests and you'll be fine! Good luck!</p>
<p>I took the test with an AP Euro and AP Comparative Gov background (the latter was surprisingly helpful despite only covering six countries), followed by cramming the Barron's book to fill in the rest of the world and to review what I couldn't remember from AP Euro - I got a pretty good score. If you get the Barron's book, it's ridiculously esoteric in some places, but you'll definitely get most of what you need to know. If you have enough time, I would get at least one more practice book, study it, and do the tests.</p>
<p>My son had both Kaplan's and Barron's to review for World History. He said Kaplan's was a total waste of time compared to Barron's. He'd had a fantastic year-long WH course his sophomore year which did spend quite a bit of time on Asia and took the test in June following his junior year. He got an 800. He said some of his answers came from having read historical novels, played historical computers games, etc. in addition to studying Barron's. The WH test is only offered in June and December unfortunately.</p>